Bank check and draft system.



B.v E. BUGKMASTER. 1 BANK GHEGK AND DRAFT SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1903. RENEWED we. 20, mos.

Patented Feb. 2, 1-909.

' New York 6M4? v "I NORRIS PETERS cc., WASHINGTON. n. c.

BERTRAND E. BUCKMASTER, OF'TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

BANK CHECK AND DRAFT SYSTEM.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed May 14, 1906, Serial No. 316,832. Renewed August 20,1908. Serial No. 449,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTRAND E. BUCK- MASTER, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State ofWashington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in BankCheck and Draft Systems, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of books in which bank-checks and acheck-record are removably retained ina single binder; and it has forits object to structurally im rove such books by the provision ofmateria ly advantageous means for efiecting detachable connection ofboth the bank checks and the check-record to the binder.

Other advantageous features of 'my invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the acoompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of my novel book as the same appears when open andready for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section taken in the planeindicated bythe line 22 of Fig. 1, and illustrating the manner in whicha pad of bank-checks is connected to the righthand cover of the binder.Fig. 3 is a similar view taken in the plane of the line 33, 1,

and showing the mode of connecting a pad of check-record sheets to theright-hand cover of the binder, and: Fi .4 is a section taken in thelane indicate by the line 44 of Fig. 1, lboking towardthe right.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the binder of my novel book. B is the ad of bank-checks, and C, thepad of chec -recordsheets.

As shown in Fig. 1, the binder A comrises a left-hand cover a, aright-hand cover 5, and a flexible back 0 interposed between andconnecting the adjacent ends of the said covers. Fixed to and risingfrom the inner side of the right-hand cover I), at points adjacent tothe back 0, are threaded posts d d and e e which are equipped with thumbnuts 1 and are designed to serve a purpose presently set forth indetail.-

The pad B is made up of a plurality of su erposed blank checks g, astrip h, of suitable textile material, to which the upper edges of thechecks are glued and which is provided with the portion 11 extendingbeyond the lowermost check g, and a stifi base 1, of pasteboard or othersuitable materia disposed below the lowermost check and connected to theportion 71 of the strip h, preferably in the manner shown e., by gluingitsunderside to the said portion 2' which is lapped over its upper edge,as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The base extends inwardly beyond the innerends of the superposed checks 9 about the proportional distanceillustrated, and is provided in its extended portion 9' with apertures70 designed to receive the fixed posts (1 on the right-hand cover I) ofthe binder A. When the extended portion j of the pad base 3' is placedin engagement with the posts (1 as stated, and the thumb nuts fcomplementary to said posts are screwed down ti ht against the base asshown in Fig. 2, it wiTl be apparent that the pad will be stronglyconnected to the binder cover I). It will also be apparent that the saidconnection does not entail the rovision of apertures in the checks 9which is an important advantage for reasons hereinafter fully set forth.

The pad C is madeup of a plurality of superposed sheets m which arepreferably though not necessarily unched, as indicated by n, so thatthey may e placed, subsequent to their removal from the pad, in a looseleaf binder or the like, a base 10 of paste board or other suitablematerial disposed below the superposed sheets and extended beyond theinner ends thereof and provided in its extended portion 10 withapertures r, and a strip of textile material s glued to the upper endsof the sheets m and having a portion t lapped over the upper edge of thease p and glued or otherwlse fastened to the underside thereof. Theextended portion (p of the base p is designed to be engage with theposts e of the ri ht-hand cover I) of the binder A, and be hel on saidposts by the nuts f in the manner illustrated, so as to eflectconnection between the pad and the binder without the provision ofpost-receiving apertures in any element of the pad other than the base10.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my im rovements obviate thenecessity of punc ing the checks, and hence render it feasible to employchecks having no stubs. Such checks may be a proximately eight andthree-ei hths inches ong by three and three eight s inches wide, and areadapted to be out with no waste whatever which is an importantdesideratum when the comparatively expensive bankers safety paper isemployed in the production of the checks. In other Words my novel checksof the approximate size stated cut sixteen out of the standard sizesheets of paper which are seventeen by twenty-eight inches. Again, mynovel checks of the approximate size stated are susceptible of beinglithographed to advantage as will be fully appredated from thefollowing:

In printing by lithography reproductions are' made from the engraving asmany times as is practicable according to the size of the order to berun, and it is expedient that one transfer keep a press runningthis inorder to produce Work at competitive prices. With my checks of the sizespecified, the work can betransferred four on a quarter sheet (x 14inches) for very small runs, eight on a half sheet (14 x 17 inches) formoderate size runs, and sixteen on a full sheet (17 x 28 inches) forlong runs.

I prefer the construction herein shown and described but desire to makeit clear that such changes or modifications may be made in practice asfully fall within the scope of my claimed invention without involvingdeparture from the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a book of the kind described, the combination of a binder havingposts, a pad comprising a plurality of superposed pieces of paper, and astiff base, of pasteboard or other suitable material, disposed below andconnected to the superposed pieces, and extending beyond the same at oneend and having apertures in its extended portion receiving the posts ofthe binder, and retaining means arranged on the posts above the extendedportion of the pad base.

2. In a book of the kind described, the

combination with a binder comprising covers I and a flexible backinterposed between and connecting the covers, and having threaded postsfixed to one of the covers and nuts adjustable on said posts; of a padcomprising a plurality of superposed pieces of paper, and a stiff base,of pasteboard or other suitable material, disposed below and connected.to the superposed pieces and extending beyond the same at one end andhaving apertures in its extended portion receiving posed checks and astiil base disposed below I and connected to the checks and extendedbeyond the same at the left-hand end and having apertures in itsextended portion receiving one pair of posts, and a second pad arrangedon the right-hand cover and comprising superposed record sheets and astill base disposed below and connected to the record sheets andextended beyond the same at the left-hand end and having apertures inits extended portion receiving the other pair of posts.

In testimony whereof I a'liix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERTRAND E. BUCKhLiSIlTElt Witnesses EMIL PETERSON, RUDoLF OLSON.

